New Server Drive - donation and prize thread (Final total: $13,310!)

buzz · Nov 9, 2004

How are the prizes being sent out?

Morrus · Nov 9, 2004

Wahoo! I can already see the new server in my mind. It's very shiny...

Thank you so much, everyone. I speak for myself and, I think, for everyone who uses this site. Very soon, using this site will be fast, reliable and lag-free.

This really was quite the achievement. Piratecat is already sending a cheque to Adlon so that he can begin shopping for server parts. Once that's done, of course, the hard part remains - Thomas Heretic will be masterminding the migration of data over to the new system. With luck, everything will go smoothly and we'll have the new setup up and running by the new year.

Thank you again, folks!

Psion · Nov 9, 2004

I did write a check, my wife is sending it today. Hope it's not to late. (You did say two weeks).

Wolf72 · Nov 9, 2004

check rec'd

Thanks PC,

just wanted to make sure it arrived safe and sound.

EJ

der_kluge · Nov 9, 2004

I definitely want to see a picture of this thing once we get it installed. It would be nice to actually *see* ENWorld as a physical thing. I ran a BBS in college that was really popular, and whenever a regular user would come over to my house, they'd see my computer sitting on the desk and they'd point and go, "ooh, is that the BBS?"

And to the guy who donated $23.42 - great, now we're going to have this grand total of some big number "and forty-two cents"!

On the anonymous $1100 donation. Maybe Vin Diesel posts on here after all.

All I can say is wow!

Rodrigo Istalindir · Nov 9, 2004

die_kluge said:
And to the guy who donated $23.42 - great, now we're going to have this grand total of some big number "and forty-two cents"!

At least it was an auspicious number. Given the crowd here, I'm surprised no one donated $6.66 or $13.13

And I hope the $1100 wasn't someone who wanted to donate $11.00 and forgot the decimal point.

drothgery · Nov 9, 2004

die_kluge said:
And to the guy who donated $23.42 - great, now we're going to have this grand total of some big number "and forty-two cents"!

Did someone set out to donate $23.42, or did they donate 20 Euros (or something like that), and that's what they ended up with after currency conversion fees?

Arholly · Nov 9, 2004

Well heck, I decided to finally do it as well and after chipping in for the server, got a CS account. Tired of being an unproductive lurker...

And I can't wait for the new servers...

Prince of Happiness · Nov 9, 2004

Check's in the mail!

Piratecat · Nov 9, 2004

Remember, Paypal takes a chunk out of every donation -- and both euros and Canadian dollars end up being converted. It makes for some weird math.

I love the idea of posting a photo of the new machine.

Psion, it's certainly not too late to write a check. We're stopping the "official" drive at midnight PST tonight, but we won't send out physical prizes until we have a total in two weeks (giving international checks a chance to get here.) If your money reaches me before Prize Day, you're a fundraiser!